Steven Charleston, former Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Alaska, a leading voice for justice for indigenous peoples, college professor and president, author of a dozen books on spiritual growth and formation, is a voice of wonder and warning. Charleston’s book entitled Spirit Wheel: Meditations from an Indigenous Elder contains the following meditation/prayer. May it bless both heart and mind on this good day.
Justice Never Bends To Fear
Beware of any generation that seems lost without a leader.
That search may become a dangerous thing to do.
A society that is fearful, money-worried
Anxious for order, hungry for law
A nation of wall builders, accustomed to war
Watching enemies without and enemies within
Afraid its glory will fade:
Longing for the strongman grows, ever so quietly
While people look the other way.
Help us, O Spirit,
Not to flirt with forces so ancient and so evil.
Rather let us put our trust in you
That justice never bends to fear
Nor freedom to false gods of power.
Amen and Amen
Pray, please, for all nations in this world,
for leaders of nations
for sanity and goodwill to prevail
for a broader and deeper trust in
the Creating God, the One who
blesses and lives among us in the Spirit.
Shining Spirit 
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